Thread-receptacle.



H. R. ARNOLD.

THREAD RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. I914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Y/Wines oeo COLUMBIA PLANODRAPH CO, WASHINGTON. B. C.

HENRY R. ARNOLD, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

THREAD-BEGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2'2, 1915.

Application filed. June 11, 1914. Serial No. 844,437.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY R. ARNOLD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the countyof Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in 'lhread-Receptacles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to thread holders and particularly to threadholders especially adapted for use by leather workers in shoe or harnesswork.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device of thecharacter specified which is adapted to be held in the hand of theoperator, and provided with a suitable tension device for feeding outthe thread from an inclosed cop to a needle or other implement.

I have illustrated an approved embodiment of my invention in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof the thread receptacle and the ring by means of which it is supportedfrom a finger of the operator, and Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalvertical sectional view of the same.

Like reference characters mark like parts in both of the figures.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which similar referencenumerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1represents a cylindrical thread holder having one end open, as at 2,and3indicates a suitable closure for said opening. The opposite end ofthe holder is closed with a thick wall, which wall is provided with theinclined thread passage 4. Integral with the holder 1 and disposedradially on the outside thereof is a rib 5 provided with transversethread eyes 6.

Formed separately from the holder 1 is a ring 7 adapted to be placedupon the operators finger, and, through the medium of the thread tosupport the holder 1. Within the holder 1 is a cop of thread 8, theunwound end 9 of which is passed through a thread passage 10, near theopen end of the holder, thence through the first thread eye 6 on theright, back again in the opposite direction through the second eye 6,through suitable eyes 11 in the wall of the ring 7, back to the holderand through the last eye 6 to the left, thence along the outside of theholder toward theclosed end and finally through the inclined passage ito a suitable needle or other implement.

It will be seen that the cop holder may be conveniently supported fromone finger by means of the ring 7 and the thread, and that by providingthe several thread eyes through which the thread is passed, a tension isgiven to the thread, and the movement thereof is retarded to asufficient degree to prevent it becoming tangled in use.

What I claim is:

A, thread holder comprising a cylindrical hollow body adapted to receivea cop of thread, having one end open and an aperture adjacent said openend, the other end of said body being closed by a thick wall, providedwith an inclined thread passage, a suitable closure for the open end, aradial rib on the outside of the body having a plurality of transversethread eyes, and a ring separate from the body having a pair of threadopenings on its wall, the unwound end of the thread from the cop beingadapted to be passed through the aperture in the body near the open endthereof, back and forth through a plurality of the transverse eyes inthe radial rib, through the openings in the wall of the ring, and lastlythrough the inclined passage in the wall of the closedend of the body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY R. ARNOLD.

Witnesses R. V. Iuuns, F. C. BIKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtalned'for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

